Victim came forward after reading about sentencing

Another victim of sexual assault by convicted paedophile Patrick Bassett came forward and complained to gardaí of what happened to him as a child after reading media coverage of his last prison sentence.

Victim came forward after reading about sentencing

At Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday, Sergeant Annamarie Guiney testified that Patrick Bassett sexually assaulted a boy who was aged between 8 and 11 in the late 1960s in Co Cork.

Bassett pleaded guilty to all 12 charges.

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